The reason it's dangerous is because it can shut the engine off unexpectedly, even for the mostly brief of pauses.
Ultimately, when fractions of a second count for safety, an engine shutting off and requiring a second or more to become useful again is going to get someone killed. As the...
Decided to set up a plan B option. Just placed a reservation for an Ineos Grenadier. It'll be an interesting race to see which vehicle gets here first!
A portals primary function is to give lift WITHOUT altering optimal OEM suspension geometry. For reference search out Unimog portal axles. Very cool. Very, very spendy
For what its worth all our vehicles have this same issue, the LR Defender, the F350 Platinum, the Expedition Limited (now sold), all of them would have the ACC radar sensor thing ice over. On all of them I commented to myself and wife: WTF!? These are spendy vehicles, they should have heaters...
When I was much younger and my father was still alive he was a man of few words. If he was really, truly impressed with something I had done he would utter a very rare, and extremely cherished: "nicely done". This was high praise.
OP, I've got one thing to say:
Nicely done. Very nicely done
FWIW the first time we went we stayed at the Best Western. Its a nice place, but at the end of the time there we came to the conclusion that two adults and a child in a single room for a week is tough (no privacy) For potentially similar money you can rent a cottage or condo that will give you...
We've been going to Chincoteague for 15 summers now. In that time we've learned a few things. Here are a some in no particular order
- Its a LONG drive from the Peoples Republik of Massasuckits in a Jeep. Not a one day thing with young children and dogs. From where I live northwest of the city...
I've had adaptive cruise on my F250, F350, Expedition, and Defender. My wife, son, and I all love it. It makes life easy for long drives. My wifes rt knee gives her issues when driving "manually" for long distances so ACC is a must for her.
The only thing I don't like about ACC is that it is...
Steel is great for the west where its dry but it'll rust out wherever salt is used on the roads. Make them in aluminum with UHMW sliders and I'll be interested. Until then, thanks, but no, I'm sick if spending $$$ on steel and watching it turn it into flakes of rust.
Sorry to hear about your break in. That really blows, but its a direct result of a local population that votes for a government that values criminals over the voters it is supposed to represent and protect. Hopefully you'll get repaired quickly and painlessly. Good luck.
My favorite was a 2 "person" rowing shell tied onto the top of a VW Jetta that had turned perpendicular to the car (and traffic) and the driver was blithely driving down 128 fit, dumb, & happy. I'm sure that was a spendy mistake.
I really hope this thing is stable. That said I've seen too...
OP, glad you're an engineer and have it figured out. My father was an engineer from the slide rule generation. Got a lot of respect for engineers. I've also worked with engineers that have created some of the most bizarre, over thought, and non-reality based ideas I've ever seen that have...
Sorry, but if I saw that setup on a vehicle, any vehicle, I would do whatever I could to pass them ASAP as that thing looks like an accident waiting to happen. Just a monumentally bad idea all around. Scary. :eek::oops:
I hope it works for you, I really do. I'd be really happy to be proven...
As a long time Jeep owner with a lot of aftermarket goods purchased, Including your products, I've learned that If its steel and its not OEM, it turns to rust.
That you're considering doing some goods in aluminum, well, that's great. Hopefully you'll do more than consider. Thanks.